Ash receptacle



E. SCHULTZ A ril 14, 1931.

ASH RECEPTACLE Filed July so, 1928 z WT m i 6 m. m w

Patented Apr. 14, 1931 PATENT OFFICE EDWARD SCHULTZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ASH REcnrrAcLE Application filed July 30,

The principal object of this invention is to provide an ash receptacle and stand for tobacco smokers that is economical in manufacture, durable in use and refined in appearance. v

A further object of this invention is to provide an ash receptacle and stand for tobacco users that is of considerable capacity and holds the undesired ashes and cigar and cigarette butts out of sight.

-A still further object of this invention is to provide an ash and cigar and cigarette butt receptacle that prevents the odor and smoke from the discarded butts from escaping from the same.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an ash receptacle for receiving ashes and the like from cigars and cigarettes that is readily and easily emptied.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an ash receptacle and stand for tobacco smokers'that is easily assembled or dismantled for packing or shipping.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my complete device ready for use with a section cut away to more fully illustrate its construction.

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the lower portion of the receptacle cover member and more fully illustrates the construction of the trap door mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the trap door retrieving means and is taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the receptacle portion and the upper portion of the stand.

Fig. 5 is a side sectional view of the lower portion of the cover member and shows the trap door in an open position for allowing waste material to fall into the receptacle.

The objections to the smoking stands now 50 on the market are their great bulk, their dif- 1928. Serial No. 296,264.

ficult emptying features, and their inability to retain the odor and smoke from cigarette and cigar butts thrown therein. I have overcome all these disadvantages'as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.

1 have used the numeral 10 to designate the stem of the stand portion of the device. Secured to each end of this stem by suitable means is a disk or plate member which I have designated by the numerals 11 and 12 respectively. Secured by stove bolts 13 to the plate 11 are the three feet members 14, designed to rest on the floor or other surface and support the complete device. Secured by rivets or the like to the upper plate 12 are the three bracket members 15 each having a flat vertical portion 16 in their length as shown in Fig. l and Fig. 4. The free ends of the feet and bracket members may extend into any suitable graceful curve, thereby not only making the device artistic and pleasing to the eye, but preventing the ends from catching onto clothing and the like.

Loosely resting on the plate member 12 and adjacent the flat portions 16 of the brackets 15 is my cup-shaped receptacle 17 I haveused the numeral 18 to designate the cover member of the receptacle which is supported on the upper marginal edge of the receptacle by having its marginal edge bent around the upper marginal edge of the receptacle as shown in Fig. 1. By this construction thereceptacle and its cover member may be lifted upwardly from the plate 12 and brackets 15 for the emptying of the receptacle, or when the receptacle portion is desired to be set on the table or the like. The cover member is easily removed from the receptacle portion by lift- 'mg upwardly. The numeral 19 designates an 'opening in the center of the cover member to which the cover member extends inwardly and downwardly into the receptacle as shown in Fig. 1. By this construction the ashes or cigar butts easily slide downwardly on the cover member, through the opening 19 and into the receptacle. Secured by suitable means to the under side of the cover member is a biforked bracket member 20. Extending through the two extensions of this bracket member is a small pin or shaft 21.

numeral 22 designates a trap door hinged on thesmall shaft 21 by having the same pass through two ears 23 integrally formed on the spring around the shaft 21 having one of its ends engaging the bracket and its other end engaging door 22. By this arrangement the trap door P and in a plane .is'the push I the coil spring will be yieldingly held in a closed position as shown in Fig. 2 by the coil spring 24. tending vertically through the cover member between the two extensions of the bracket member 20 is the bearing member 25. J ournaled in this bearing member and having its lower end engaging the trap door rod 26. Secured to the top of the push rod is an enlarged head 27. By this construction, when force is exerted downwardly on the head member the push rod 26 will be forced downwardly and in turn will force the trap door to an open position as shown by the'dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby allowing any ashes, cigarettes, or cigar butts that may be resting on the trap door to pass into the receptacle. When pressure is relieved from the head 27,

to a closed position, which will raise the push rod upwardly in its bearing member. When the trap door is in a closed position it will be impossible for any odor or smoke from the unextmguished cigarette or cigar butts to pass from the receptacle. 1 have used the numeral 28 to designate the two curved horizontalplate members designed to hold a lighted cigarette or cigar while not being used by the smoker. -The ignited end of the cigarette or cigar should extend toward the center of the device, thereby allowing any ashes that mightfall from the same to de-' posit on the trap door.

The numeral 29 designates a tongue integrally formed in the trap door and so located same as shown in Fig. 5. This arrangement not only causes the trap door to open its maximum capacity with a minimum movement of the push rod but when the trap door thereby making the complete device very compact and capable ofbeing placed in a very small package or container.

the back portion of the trap For-- 24 will return the trap door automatically closes it will have more direct The complete device may be stamped or pressed out of any suitable material.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved ash receptacle and stand without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which ably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a recept'acle having an opening in its top, a trap door hinged on the under side of said top and capable of closing the said opening in said top, a spring for yieldingly holding said trap door in. a closed position, a push rod extending through the top of said receptacle having one end engaging upwardly curved portion on said trap door for engaging said push rod when said push rod is forced downwardly for opening said trap door.

2. In a device of the class described, a receptaclehaving an opening in itstop, a trap door hinged on the underside of said top and capable ofclosing the said opening in said said trap door having an upwardly in clined portion and located between the portion of said trap door that closes said opening and points where it is hinged to the un'- derside of said top, a spring for yieldingly holding said trap door in a closed position, and a push rod extending through the top of saidreceptacle having oneend capable of slidably engaging said inclined portion of said trap door.

EDWARD SCHULTZ.

may be re'ason- 1 said trap door and an s that when the push rod 26 is forced downwardly-its lower end will be engaging in the 

